I recently went to my first open track event. I was able to run the whole track in 3rd gear, never had to downshift to 2nd or upshift to 4th. On the back straight I would get up to about 6200rpms. I put about 80 miles on the car at that event. Am I in any way harming the car by running it that hard in 3rd gear only? I'm also running a cobb OTS map, if that matters.

As long as you are not hitting the rev limiter you're OK. There are quite a few tracks out there that can be entirely run in 3rd gear. I'm not sure where you were running but I'm assuming there were not a lot of long straights or tight turns/switchbacks that allow for high speeds or require slow speeds for turning?

As long as you are not hitting the rev limiter you're OK. There are quite a few tracks out there that can be entirely run in 3rd gear. I'm not sure where you were running but I'm assuming there were not a lot of long straights or tight turns/switchbacks that allow for high speeds or require slow speeds for turning?

+1

As noted in many reviews the large amounts of torque available in the low RPM range is one of the best attributes of our N54.

I dont see anything wrong with running in 3rd gear, I think you will just end up putting a bit more wear on other items such as brakes. But if it worked great, that low end torque is a great thing to have.

Just did a lapping day myself, luckily my instructor also has a 1M and he said only use 3 and 4 on the track (get up to about 220km/hr on the straights), seemed to be fine even with some tight corners if you keep the speed up through them, with the ass end out